It’s here! Finally! I’ve been meaning to copy my iPod’s London Belongs to Me playlist into Spotify for weeks, and finally had the time to do it. Unfortunately, Spotify doesn’t have all the songs that feature in my personal playlist, but I managed to get most of them in there (if
The London Belongs to Me photos just keep coming! And I LOVE it! Readers from around the world—Canada, the US, the UK, Estonia, Albania!—have been posting their gorgeous shots of LBTM on Instagram … think these photos are pretty spectacular? For more, follow the Instagram feeds of these wonderful people (you’ll see
Admitting that I have panic attacks doesn’t make me weak … it makes me strong. Today is Bell Let’s Talk Day, a time to talk about mental health and end the stigma surrounding mental illness. It took me a long time to admit to friends, to admit to the world
It all started in 2014 with a Facebook post from my husband. “So, I met a doctor …” That was it. No explanation, deliberately vague. Was I supposed to be impressed? Concerned? Oh God, was this one of those weird cheating confessions that you hear about when guys go away
It’s our third month anniversary! London Belongs to Me was released three months ago today, and to celebrate, I’m sharing some of the gorgeous photos readers have posted on Instagram from December onwards. There have been so many! I LOVE seeing readers’ photos! The photos are too pretty to
London Belongs to Me has joined the ranks of Rainbow Rowell’s Fangirl, Stephanie Perkins’ Anna and the French Kiss, and Colleen Hoover’s It Ends With Us. My novel has been celebrated in a Yasmin Rahman book collage. Check it out! Filled with favourite quotes, images, and souvenirs of London, Yasmin’s
My debut novel, London Belongs to Me, almost didn’t happen. Like many writers, a novel was always on my to-do list, but my day job as a freelance writer kept me occupied with little time to devote to anything else. My dreams of writing my novel seemed more impossible, than
Updated: February 2018 “I’m a total fangirl of the London theatre scene.” Aw, Alex. She’s a woman after my own heart. One of the reasons I wrote London Belongs to Me was to celebrate London’s innovative theatre scene. For me, a visit to London is not complete without a seeing
Do you have a word, or a motto that resonates with you? Or even two, three, four words … when strung together help drive you forward, or keep you calm? I do. Actually, I have several. A search on the web for inspirational words or quotes, and your screen will be
I’ve never really understood people who don’t listen to music regularly. You know the type. They never wear headphones or earbuds, and think singing loudly in the car is something that only James Corden does with his famous friends on TV. How do these people travel through life without a
